Q1. When was the Punjab Land Alienation Act passed?
(a) 1850
(b) 1895
(c) 1900
(d) 1905
Q2. The Department of State was established under whose headship?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) J.L. Nehru
(c) G.B. Pant
(d) Sardar Patel
Q3. The UN International Day of Neutrality is marked on which day annually?
(a) 11 December
(b) 10 December
(c) 12 December
(d) 9 December
Q4. Who has been conferred with the 2020 Female Sportsperson of the Year award by FICCI?
(a) Apurvi Chandela
(b) Elavenil Valarivan
(c) Anjum Moudgil
(d) Manu Bhaker
Q5. Which Officer of the Government of India has the right to take part in the proceedings of
Parliament of India even though he is not a member?
(a) Vice-President
(b) Attorney General of India
(c) Comptroller and Auditor General
(d) Election Commissioner
Q6. A Panchayat Samiti at the block level in India is only a/an?
(a) Advisory Body
(b) Concultative Committee
(c) Co-ordinating and Supervisory Authority
(d) Administrative Authority
Q7. During 10000 BC, the population of the world was?
(a) 2 million
(b) 3 million
(c) 4 million
(d) None of the above
Q8. Cocos Plate lies between?
(a) Central America and Pacific Plate
(b) South America and Pacific Plate
(c) Red Sea and Persian Gulf
(d) Asiatic Plate and Pacific Plate
Q9. The element excreted through human sweat is?
(a) Sulfur
(b) Iron
(c) Magnesium
(d) None of the above
Q10. Blue vitriol is chemically?
(a) Sodium Sulfate
(b) Nickel Sulfate
(c) Copper Sulfate
(d) Iron Sulfate
Q11. Who wrote the pamphlet “Now or Never”?
(a) Md. Jinnah
(b) Md. Iqbal
(c) Rahmat Ali
(d) Khafi Khan
Q12. Who declared ‘Sati’ illegal?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Cornwallis
(d) Curzon
Q13. Who is the highest Civil Services Officer of the Central Government?
(a) The Attorney General of India
(b) The Cabinet Secretary
(c) The Home Secretary
(d) The Finance Secretary
Q14. Vote on Account is meant for?
(a) Vote on the report of CAG
(b) To meet unforeseen expenditure
(c) Appropriating funds pending passing of budget
(d) Budget
Q15. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility
(APVAX). How much amount has been earmarked for the facility?
(a) USD 9 billion
(b) USD 8 billion
(c) USD 7 billion
(d) USD 10 billion
Q16. Who is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare under Government of Rajasthan?
(a) Raghu Sharma
(b) B.D. Kalla
(c) Parsadi Lal Meena
(d) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Q17. In which one of the following minerals, India leads in production in the world?
(a) Sheet mica
(b) Copper
(c) Gypsum
(d) Iron ore
Q18. According to Indian Population Census, 2011, the percentage of literacy among males and
females both is lowest for the State of?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Q19. What is triglyceride?
(a) Protein
(b) Carbohydrate
(c) Fat
(d) Mineral
Q20. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is used in monitoring?
(a) Heart
(b) Liver
(c) Pancreas
(d) Brain
Q21. Who is known as father of Dyarchy?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Hectare Munaro
(c) Lord Macaulay
(d) Sir Leonil Cartis
Q22. Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Congress was founded?
(a) 1936 AD
(b) 1939 AD
(c) 1942 AD
(d) 1945 AD
Q23. Ola company has recently announced to set up its largest scooter manufacturing facility in
the world in which state of India?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b)Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q24. The 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in which place?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Odisha
Q25. In which year was the Regulating Act passed?
(a) AD 1757
(b) AD 1765
(c) AD 1773
(d) AD 1793
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Q26. Fill in the blank:
In _______ the rights of the tenants on land in Bengal and Bihar were given by the Bengal Tenancy
Act.
(a) 1885
(b) 1886
(c) 1889
(d) 1900
Q27. Which of the following is responsible for controlling hereditary characters of the living cells?
(a) Enzyme
(b) Hormone
(c) RNA
(d) DNA
Q28. Which of the following hormones play a role in release of
milk from mammary glands?
(a) Adrenaline
(b) Thyroxine
(c) Progesterone
(d) Oxytocin
Q29. Khetri Belt of Rajasthan State is famous for?
(a) Copper mining
(b) Gold mining
(c) Mica mining
(d) Iron ore mining
Q30. What is the name of mid latitude grass land in South America?
(a) Prairie
(b) Pampas
(c) Veld
(d) Steppes